Article: Official:successful flame-lighting bodes well for Paralympics

Official:successful flame-lighting bodes well for Paralympics

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Clouds cleared enough Thursday morning to allow the sun to ignite the Beijing Paralympic flame, and the organizers believed it boded well.

"We were worried about the weather before the ceremony, but the sun appeared just in time," said Tang Xiaoquan, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG).

"The Paralympic flame lighting ceremony was very successful. I think it boded that the Beijing Paralympics will be running smoothly," she added.

The flame-lighting ceremony was held at the ancient Temple of Heaven, a gateway between the earth and the sky in ...

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